Plus: Duran Duran concert canceled; pay by the class at Tracy Anderson; shop the closet of T Magazine's publisher; artist's loft in Soho; money allotted for East River park development. / 5 comments
Plus: A new bar under the FDR Drive; East River Waterfront beach funded; checking in on Bridge Café and Paris Café; men without shirts.
Plus: More on the old Mercantile Exchange building; losing money on Tribeca real estate; police blotter.
A first glimpse of LoMa Lights, a major light show coming to the East River Waterfront starting Memorial Day. / 3 comments
Plus: New sections of the East River Waterfront coming online; Seaport embracing the NYC Half Marathon; Community Board 1 wants a piece of the Sandy aid pie; Sabor de Mexico review.
Plus: Battery Park City security; loft sale at 1 Worth; 1 World Trade Center's burgeoning spire.
The East River Waterfront's revamped pier is pretty fierce, with lots of ramps, stairs, and cut-outs. On a gray morning with few people, it wasn't the warmest place to be—I kept imagining I was in an Italian prison yard, aesthetically speaking, although that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Plus: Thanksgiving at Bubby's; are skateboarders harming the East River Waterfront park?; 53 N. Moore; no gym for Millennium High School.
Learn all about the new building destined for Greenwich, an improvement to the East River Waterfront, whether 87 Chambers will be a hotel or residential, hot tubs, and cell-phone antennas. Plus: Bad blood over 396 Broadway and tough decisions at 46 Warren.
Plus: Encyclopedia of 9/11; border for 9/11-sickness compensation moved to Canal; inside 40 Gold; babies born during tropical storm Irene. / 1 comment
Plus: Mini golf ménage à trois; 9/11 cross; the hot stink; East River Waterfront.
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